dostoyevsky, fyodor

A study of Dostoyevsky's 1866 novel, "Crime and punishment", with critical commentary and an analysis of the text.

Presents Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Notes From Underground", which explores the passionate confessions of a suffering man who identifies himself as sick and spiteful, as well as two additional short stories and excerpts from his longer work, "The House of the Dead.".

A graphic adaptation of the Russian novel, here set in twenty-first-century St. Petersburg, in which Raskolnikov murders a woman and is consumed by guilt.

Presents a collection of seven short stories by nineteenth-century Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky, and features "Notes from the Underground," the first major work of existential literature.

Contains a complete plot summary and analysis of Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment", as well as discussion of the characters and themes, and includes study questions.

Explores four important painting techniques--chiaroscuro, sfumato, incollato, and impasto--demonstrating how they are used to paint various literary works.

Examines the life and literary career of nineteenth-century Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky, discussing the author's personal trials and triumphs, and looking at how the times in which he lived influenced his writing.

Collects short stories from Fyodor Dostoyevsky, including "Notes from Underground," in which a man on the fringe of society monologues about reason and irrationality; and "The Double," where a sullen government clerk meets a future, more mean-spirited version of himself.

An annotated, English translation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Notes from Underground" that includes critical analysis of the novel by both Russian and western critics from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.